When used for purposes of knowledge acquisition, information sharing, and community involvement, no one would debate the idea that social media can have an enduring positive impact our lives. However, with every scroll, click, like, and share, the digital debris that we collect and store on our internal ‘hard drive’ has a way of leaving its indelible mark on our psyche.
And therein lies the bane of our socially mediated existence: Our desire to connect with the energies that make us feel who... Tags: Psychology, Technology, General, Habits, Happiness, Stress, Self-help, Creativity

You may think that an apathetic person doesn’t like to be bothered with the burdens of the world or even in his immediate community. You may picture him having a slothful attitude. Maybe he doesn’t care too much about his appearance, doesn’t watch the news or be bothered to argue over anything.
Well, that’s me most of the time.
I get pissed at something and next thing you know, I’ve shifted off into another topic. It’s not that I have a low attention span or don’t care about things. It’s just th... Tags: Facebook, Development, Stress, How To, Lifehacks, John Anyasor

From WSJ:Every employer is in the health care business, like it or not. Employee health benefits cost Starbucks more annually than coffee beans; General Motors spends more on them than on steel. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2016 that stress is the leading workplace health problem, ahead of physical inactivity and obesity.Absenteeism is one issue. “Presenteeism” is another: employees who, though at work, are not at their physical or psychological best. Effectiveness ... Tags: Health, Facebook, General Motors, Stress, Starbucks, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention

“Be proactive not reactive, for an apparently insignificant issue ignored today can spawn tomorrow’s catastrophe.” – Ken Poirot
Do you ever have one of those mornings where the battle against annoying minutiae begins before you’re even truly awake? One of those days where you feel the illusion of control fully slipping away. You try to grasp and pull it back, but you really have no control over this day or its outcome, at all.
We dread these types of days, don’t we? The control freak in me ge... Tags: Psychology, Youtube, Stress, Meditate, Self-help, Ikea, Emotions, Angry, Pressure, Proactive, Publishers, Control, Calm, Tiny Buddha, Reactive, Mindful

“If I was setting up curriculum at a university,” says engineer Foone Turing, “I’d make an entire semester-long class on the Challenger disaster, and make it required for any remotely STEM-oriented major.” Because, says Foone, the disaster was a lot less random or simple than people tend to think. In a thread of 102…Read more... Tags: Mind Hacks, Preparation, Stress, Empathy, Anxiety, Disasters, Lifehacks, Bad Habits, Foone, Foone Turing

Pretentious title, but far from a call to adopt a stance of apathy within this wondrous and dynamic reality we exist together in.
Well, no. It’s quite the opposite.
The insight I’d like to share with you today is the equivalent of an open-handed, movie-cliche slap to the face, regretfully but lovingly administered to pull a panicked comrade back from the brink of a full-blown meltdown catalyzed by a collapse of rational, critical thinking.
This short read is nothing special. Basically, it’s a re... Tags: Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, China, Happiness, Earth, Stress, Netflix, Negativity, Fox News, Jesus, Lifehacks, Don, Remove Negative Energy, Earthland

Despite many of us in the modern world enjoying a level of comfort and luxury that would be been unimaginable for most of human history, we still find it very hard to be happy. In fact, it seems that modern society is contributing to our fatigue and discontentment — with high-pressure working lives, decreased sense of community and a perceived lack of meaning all causing strain.
As much as we may struggle, however, the pursuit of happiness is still the primary goal for most people. While it ... Tags: Psychology, Happiness, Stress, Meditation, Mindfulness, Stress Reduction, Anxiety And Panic, Buddhist, IBS, Present Moment, Better Health

We’ve all been upset. Sadness is a totally natural emotional response to certain environmental stimuli. Most of us have support or systems in place to overcome sadness, reach balance, and go on to be happy as quickly as possible.
There are two groups of people that have prolonged sadness or depression.
One group consists of those that have a severe chemical imbalance. They often require the help of a doctor and medications for treatment. This article, however, is not for that group. Rather, this... Tags: Motivation, Stress, Lifehacks, Chuck Norris, Alex Shalman, BA Psychology, MS Biomedical Science

I do a lot of my work from home. While this is great in many ways, there is one where I have a lot of trouble: productivity. It is just so easy to lose track of time, or to begin procrastinating. There are some days where you just can’t get started, and before you know it you realize it is one in the afternoon and you are still in your bathrobe, without a single bit of work done.
One of the reasons it is so hard to be productive at home is that it isn’t easy to feel stressed or like there is a t... Tags: Productivity, Freelancing, Motivation, Facebook, Stress, Branding

Think about the last time you sat down to finish a financial task. How did you feel before you logged in to your account, or took out your checkbook?Read more... Tags: Personal Finance, Money, Stress, Lifehacks, Calm

UK home health analysis kit startup Thriva is adding three more products to its range later this month: A saliva-based cortisol stress test and two female hormone kits.
The Seedcamp-backed UK startup has been offering blood-prick-based health monitoring kits since 2016, and says it’s had more than 50,000 customers sign up to stab their own finger with its spring-loaded plastic lancet and massage a drop of blood into a tube to post away for lab-based analysis.
The new saliva kit lowers the barrie... Tags: Health, Startups, Europe, UK, Tech, Stress, United Kingdom, Hormones, Seedcamp, Thriva, Fertility Testing, Female Hormones